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I'd love to be in the fucking Stankees' position. How the frig did they get so many games up? Do they ever fucking lose? I want to find someone who looks like Jeter and punch them in their Lyla Garrety-banging face.

And while we certainly need Beckett to be the Beckett of earlier in the season, if we are to get far in the playoffs, we also need Papi to start approximating a reasonable facsimile of '04-'07 Papi. A 2 for 21 road trip doesn't instill much confidence as we head down the stretch. Hopefully, Friendly Fenway will spark the offense again
(10 rund in the last four games).

The creepy strip echoes my thoughts from the weekend, which found me in..drumroll please.

Pittsburgh.

Oh, what a rich effulgent life I lead.

So, naturally, I went to PNC Park, which by the way, is a fucking beautiful ball park, which, by the way, puts Larry's Fenway Vomitorium to shame. But enough of my digestive habits.

Highlights of the game: J Lugo leading off and getting on base. He played both 2nd and short (not at the same time), and has lost the " I see dead people look" that his visage conveyed in Boston. Brandon Moss hit in the five-hole for the Buccos, after Lastings Milledge. The Bucs have a guy named Andrew McCutcheon whom I have already penciled in as a late season acquisition for the RS in 2011, once his arbitration eligibility attaches. Aside from the goofy white-guy usher, who started telling me about his "health problems" about 15 seconds after he showed me my very fine club level seats, which cost less than my shitty GS seats at The House That Beer Built, it was a fine day. I saw a unicorn for the second Sunday in a row, namely, a walkoff win from the Buccczzz.

Also J Smotlz was sighted, looked relaxed. He showed up late, which means the play was slow at Oakmont on Sunday morning.

NL ball is decidedly poor, but quick-- a 6-5 game in under 3 hrs. Pujhols (sp?) looks like a men among boys in that collection.

H.B.,
Those shirts couldn't have come out a better time. I have been out of sorts after being at the game on Friday. I pay for a major league game and a AAA game breaks out. Tito takes 7 starters out in the 5th. Of course A-Gon stays in. WTF. I'm suprised no one is complaining about the weekend. Rented sunset with a new "T" is all I need.

I posted pictures from Saturday's game yesterday. But since readership took a holiday, I am reposting. Have to say that I enjoyed the Cell more than my Fenway visit this year. Roomy seats, wide concourse, and the CTA does a great job of taking the crowd away in a timely fashion. The only downside of the Cell is that they blare incessant noise between the innings. Quite annoying - you can't manage a conversation. Papi looked pathetic. I think he is done after this year. Wake had a noticeable limp but other than the first inning, he pitched a good game. Someone at SOSH gooched the Sox by suggesting that Chicago had run up the white flag on the season. I wish.

Speaking of size and the Yankees, as long as they keep building a hitter's team in the Little League field that they call a ballpark, they're going to remain on top of the Sox in offense.

They currently have about 120 more hits than us, even though we lead them in 2B and 3B with 170 less ABs. 40 of their 120 hit lead are HRs, so the other 80 are singles (and they have a much better ground ball to fly ball ratio). So, slap a few guys on and slam them home. Evidently it wins ballgames. Everybody says pitching wins ballgames, but even the shittiest pitchers can win when they've got a 5-10 run lead (right, AJ Burnett?) from a HR/game ratio around 1.5...

That's 119 HR in 67 games (1.77) at the new HR Derby field versus 97 in 72 games (1.35) while on the road. For comparison, we have 89/66 at home and 87/71 away. According to USAToday, the stickball field that Ruth built is averaging 3.11 HR/game there. Also in the article, it points out that Nick Swisher has been helping the team's average look more reasonable by hitting 19 of his 22 HR on the road. That is compared to pretty much everyone else on the team (except Matsui) who are all hitting about 2/3rds of their dingers at home vs away! It's just sick. Their pace may have slowed a bit, but they were on an early pace to hit more HR in a season at Yankee Stadium than at mile-high Coors Field!! Just awful. I hope MLB slaps them with a non-grandfathered rule change.

I promise the second I get my Keeping it Teal t-shirt I will take a photo and post for one and all to see (no dog parks, but I can take it with the dog in my garden, if that works ;). Cannot wait! Must suss out shipping to London situation...

Seymour = good riddance. Psych. Honestly, though, we've moved into more of a 4-3 and he's less important in that set and easier to replace.

In the meantime, the NFL is likely to go to a rookie cap era (like the NBA) with the next CBA, which means that first-round Oakland 2011 draft pick (likely a #1-#5 pick) is a mother lode. It's going to be worth way more than I think people are giving it credit for. I trust BB to get us through this year without Seymour for a crack at a super-cheap superstar in 2011. Hell, look how far we went last year with Matt "Clipboard" Cassell last year instead of Brady. Was Seymour really such a huge part of our wins last year that we can't live without him now?

I'm in the Metro West (Marlborough)area but am not afraid to make the drive to most all points in the Nation, being a displaced RSN Texas original!

Though I thought I'd never have to ask this, when ARE the wheels on the Rangers feel good wagon going to come off? Here we are nearly 9 wks removed from the All Star weekend and they are still in the hunt for not only the wild card but may have a legit shot at winning the AL West? A friend said recently that if they knew all it would take was my relocation to Mass to spur the Strangers into winning I shoulda left years ago!!!